Is MySQL access possible when running the PHP server?

Hi, I'm developing locally, and am running CI from php -S localhost:8000

I also have MySQL installed with phpMyAdmin running on localhost/phpmyadmin

I created a db, table and simple id and message columns, entered a couple of rows of data and tried to pull them out into a CI view.

A Database Error Occurred

Error Number: 1146

Table 'ci_test.messages' doesn't exist

SELECT * FROM `messages`

Filename: models/Test_model.php

Line Number: 15

This is line 15

PHP Code:

$query = $this->db->get('messages'); 


But before I output all my MVC and DB config code, I was wondering if it is even possible to interface with MySQL running on the built in PHP server?

Thanks.

You might try setting the ip instead of using "localhost" for your db connection.

Ok, it appears I had a problem in my model. I accidentally called the column instead of table.